Paid Internship: Fission Strategy Seeks Technology and Content Strategy Intern

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Position: Technology and Content Strategy Intern

Location:  New Orleans, LA, Washington, DC or Los Angeles, CA preferred

Hours and Duration: Quarterly 2016; 10-20 hours per week

Compensation: $1,200 per month for 20hr/week interns. $600 for 10hr/week interns (20 hours a week). Academic credit may also be available depending on your institution’s requirements.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2015

Position overview: Fission Strategy seeks a Technology and Content Strategy Intern to support the website development team. This project will provide hands-on opportunities to learn web development management and project management best practices and help leading nonprofits and social enterprises develop impactful user experiences for their constituents.

Responsibilities will vary based on experience, expertise, and interest and may include: content development and management, web development task management, analytics collection and analysis, quality assurance and testing, researching emerging technologies and best practices, and developing recommendations for content strategies, user experience design and website infrastructure. Applicants with web development skills will also have opportunities to take on development tasks.

Academic credit may be available for this position depending on your institution’s requirements.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Very tech-savvy, with the ability to quickly learn online software
  
• Excellent writing and editing skills
  
• Strong research skills
  
• Proven interest in web design and development
  
• Demonstrated interest in progressive issue advocacy
  

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• Competence in HTML, CSS, PHP, Java or related languages.
  
• Familiarity with online organizing practices, including social network and blogger outreach.
  
• Familiarity with digital CRM or Advocacy Toolkits such as Salsa, Blue State Digital, Convio, ActionKit, etc.
  
• Understanding of the web development process, including familiarity with Git and major web development stacks
  
• Experience in online or grassroots organizing for nonprofit and/or political campaigns.
  
• Previous media or web administration experience.
  
• Data collection and analysis skills, proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
  
• Experience with Google Analytics.
  
• Comfort with image manipulation or video editing and production.
  
• Understanding of blogging and writing for the web, including navigation of blogging platforms such as WordPress.
  

Candidates must be reliable and willing to commit for 3 months. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, have a strong work ethic, be willing to learn, and be excited about the opportunities new media provide to support advocacy campaigns. Candidates must have their own laptop, and be comfortable working independently.

To Apply: Email inter...@fissionstrategy.com with your name and “Application: Technology and Content Strategy Intern” in the subject line. Please attach your resume, cover letter and two writing samples and an additional project of your choice (can be a website, video, description of an advocacy project, etc.). Indicate which quarter of 2016 you are applying for (Winter, Spring). Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community and others are strongly encouraged to apply.